by
Trude
Email:
marti_ms@hotmail.com
Disclaimer:
I own nothing and whoever owns them has done some terrible mistakes!
Spoilers:
up to Departure, I guess
Summary:
in AU, Isabel tells Alex (yes! Alex) about her decision
of leaving or not leaving Earth.
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Alex
was playing the new song of the Whits on his guitar when he heard a knock on his
window. Opening the curtains, he smiled when he saw Isabel. ‘And
I always thought that Michael is the one using the windows.’, he thought
to himself. Quickly opening the window, he helped her into his room.
“Hey!”,
he smiled down at her and kissed her on the lips. “Why are you here at this
time?” Alex asked Isabel, quickly adding, “Not that I mind.” Seeing the
sad look on Isabel’s face, Alex got concerned. “What’s wrong Isabel?” he
asked her after he led them to his bed. Holding Alex tightly, Isabel choked out,
“In the Destiny Book, there ... it explains a way for us to go home. We just
... just have to use the Granolith. It can bring us home.”
They
were both silent for a minute, then Alex said, “So, ... you are using it, I
suppose.” Isabel nodded, “The Granolith needs 24 hours to ... I don’t know
... gather energy before it can be used, I guess. Michael and Max activated it
today which means ... that we could leave tomorrow.” Alex looked at Isabel in
shock. ‘Leave?’, he thought
miserably, ‘Tomorrow? This can’t be
true! She HAS to be joking! She has to!’ Trying to calm down, he asked
her, “What do you mean with ‘could’?”
Isabel,
who hadn’t said a word in minutes, turned to him and said calmly, “I am not
going. I stay here!” Alex just stared at her, not believing what he just
heard. “You ... you are ... staying? Here ... on Earth? Why? I ...“ Isabel
smiled at him, stroking his cheek softly, “Max said that everyone has to
decide whether he or she wants to stay or leave. I already decided to stay.”
Alex took Isabel’s hands in his, holding them tightly, “Why?”, even though
he was glad that she wanted to stay, he didn’t understand it.
“I
already told you last week that for me, home is here in
They
were both silent, both thinking about Isabel’s words for a minute. “Looks
like you already made up your mind.” Alex said smiling a bit. “I am glad
that you are staying, it would have been awful to loose you again.”, he told
her quietly. “You won’t loose me again!”, Isabel promised, wrapping her
arms around him. “Do the others already know?”, Alex asked. “I only told
Max. Michael and Tess will learn about it tomorrow. We are meeting at the Pod
Chamber in the afternoon, when the Granolith is ready.”
“Are
you sure?”, Alex asked her again. “Yeah,”, Isabel replied, kissing him
softly, “I am staying.” “Thank God!”, Alex sighed, holding her close,
never wanting to let her go again. “I am so glad that you aren’t leaving.”
“Me too” Isabel said, “me too.”
She
pulled away a bit, looking into his eyes as if searching for something. Alex
looked confused at her, “What?”, he asked, feeling suddenly very shy under
her close observation. Isabel smiled at him, leaned in and kissed him briefly.
Looking into Alex’s eyes again, she said, “I love you Alexander Charles
Whitman!”, then she kissed him again, longer and more passionate than before.
When
they came up for air again, Alex looked deeply into her eyes, “I love you too,
Isabel. Forever. I think I loved you since I first saw you so many years ago in
Elementary School. And I was so sure that I would never hear you say those words
to me. You can’t believe how ...” His ramblings were cut short by Isabel’s
lips on his as she launched herself on him, straddling his lap. Holding her
tightly, Alex let his hands run through her hair, helping her pulling off her
jacket, before he was pushed back onto his bed.
Next
morning
“Alex?”,
Mr. Whitman called at the door, while also knocking on his son’s bedroom door.
“Alex? Are you in there?” Mr. Whitman tried to open the door but found it
locked. “One minute Dad!”, he heard Alex saying.
‘Strange.’, Mr. Whitman
thought, ‘since when does Alex lock his
door?’ He could hear his son shuffling around through his room and then
the door opened.
“You
wanted to talk to me, dad?”, Alex asked, grinning nervously at his dad.
“Yeah, I wanted to tell you that your mother and I have to go to a
weekend-meeting in
Alex
blushed a bit, “Oh, I ... uh, I didn’t get much sleep last night. You know,
the ... uh, finals and so are coming closer and ... yeah, well.” Mr. Whitman
nodded, “I see, but school really shouldn’t be such a problem for you.
You’ve always been good in school.” Alex grinned a bit more at his dad,
“Thanks. But uh, could you ...” he asked awkwardly, closing the door a bit
more and casting a glance to his right, “I ... uh, still need to do ... some
homework before I ... go to school.” Alex told his dad nervously, already
closing the door.
“Uhm,
okay son.” Mr. Whitman told the door. “Mom and I will leave in twenty
minutes and we’ll be back Sunday evening. Uh, bye!” With that Mr. Whitman
went back into the kitchen, getting the distinct feeling that there were things
going on in his son’s life that he had no idea about. It wasn’t a very
up-lifting feeling.
“God
that was close!”, Alex said, looking at Isabel who had been hiding behind the
door. “Yeah, for a moment I thought he would come in and see
Isabel
laughed at that, “He wouldn’t kill you! At least not when I don’t allow
it!” “So, I am at your mercy?”, Alex asked her teasingly while bending
down to nibble on her throat. “Yep,
you are! And you better not forget it!”, Isabel warned him jokingly. “I try
to keep that in mind.”, he promised as he picked her up and carried her back
to his bed.
Afternoon
Holding
each other tightly, Isabel and Alex made their way over to the others, who where
already waiting in the Pod Chamber. Maria and Michael were holding hands, like
Max and Liz while Kyle and Tess stood close to each other. Coming to stand
beside them, Alex and Isabel turned towards the Granolith, Alex seeing it for
the first time.
“Isabel?”
Max asked his sister, “Your decision is still the same?” Squeezing Alex’s
hand, Isabel told him and the others, “Yeah, I am staying here.” She quickly
wiped away a tear at the thought of Max and Michael leaving. Alex pulled her
into his arms, running his hand up and down her back, knowing how hard this was
for her.
“Max
and I came to the same decision!” Michael told her softly. Isabel whipped her
head around to look at her two ‘brothers’.
“You are also staying?”, she asked unbelievingly, not caring anymore if
tears were running down her face. Alex couldn’t help but grin at Maria and Liz
after hearing Michael’s words.
“You
all want to stay?”, Tess asked very surprised. Everyone turned to her, the
Aliens hoping that she would understand and the Humans curious about her
decision. “Wow,” Tess continued, “that’s actually a surprise. I thought
that at least one of you would want to go.”, she said, turning briefly to
Michael, who pulled Maria tighter to him. “What about you?”, Max asked
quietly. “We can understand if you want to leave and we would respect your
decision if you do, but you are also welcome to stay with us.”
Looking
at everyone, especially Kyle, Tess sighed. “I’ll stay too. I don’t want to
go alone and,” she paused for a moment, looking at Kyle and then the other
Aliens, “you will need me anyway. Who would save you all from the dangers you
are constantly faced with when I am gone?”
The
last she said mockingly, causing everyone to chuckle and Kyle to give her a
quick kiss on the cheek. Not wanting to break the ‘eye-staring’ moment
between Tess and Kyle, Michael deactivated the Granolith with a wave of his
hand.
“I
can’t believe that everything worked out perfect.” Isabel whispered in
Alex’s ear. “Me neither, but I am glad that it did for once.” he whispered
back, pulling her close and giving her a kiss that took their breaths away.
The End